1959–60 FIBA European Champions Cup

The 1959–60 FIBA European Champions Cup was third season of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). It was won by Rīgas ASK for the third straight time, an accomplishment only achieved again by Jugoplastika in the late 1980s, in 1989–1991. In the EuroLeague Finals, Riga defeated the Soviet Union League club, Dinamo Tbilisi, in both final games (51–61 & 62–69). Riga defeated Slovan Orbis Prague in the semifinals, and AŠK Olimpija in the quarterfinals.

1959–60 FIBA European Champions Cup
League	FIBA European Champions Cup
Sport	Basketball
Finals
Champions	Rīgas ASK
Runners-up	Dinamo Tbilisi

Competition system

21 teams. European national domestic league champions, plus the then current FIBA European Champions Cup title holders only, playing in a tournament system. The Finals were a two-game home and away aggregate.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
US Marocaine	95–92	Coimbra	54–48	41–44
PAOK	121–159	CCA București	61–80	60–79
Wissenschaft	125–188	Pantterit	88–84	66–78
	0–4*	Union Babenberg	0-2	0-2
USC Heidelberg	90–113	Urania Genève Sport	46-55	44-58
Sparta Bertrange	92–137	Chorale Mulsant	47-60	45-77
Fenerbahçe	4–0**	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2-0	2-0

*Originally, the Champion of the Italian League was drawn to play against the Austrian champion, but the former was Simmenthal Milano, who was banned in European competition. Since the Italian Federation refused to name another entrant in Champions Cup, Union Babenberg received a forfeit (2-0) in both games.

**Maccabi Tel Aviv withdrew before the competition due to internal problems and Fenerbahçe received a forfeit (2-0) in both games.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Union Babenberg	134–184	AŠK Olimpija	83–84	51–100
Fenerbahçe	116–139	Academic	61-69	55-70
Marocaine	126–180	CF Barcelona	65–82	61–98
Pantterit	162–184	Polonia Warszawa	84–88	78–96
Urania Genève Sport	128–148	Slovan Orbis Praha	54–62	74–80
Chorale Mulsant	115–109	Antwerpse	54-53	61-56
CCA București	155–173	Dinamo Tbilisi	87–83	68–90

Automatically qualified to the quarter finals

• Rīgas ASK (title holder)

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dinamo Tbilisi	145–136	Academic	76–64	69–72
CF Barcelona	105–114	Polonia Warszawa	64–65	41–49
AŠK Olimpija	142–174	Rīgas ASK	79–95	63–79
Chorale Mulsant	120–124	Slovan Orbis Praha	68-59	52-65

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dinamo Tbilisi	152–126	Polonia Warszawa	88–65	64–61
Rīgas ASK	151–114	Slovan Orbis Praha	82-55	69-59

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dinamo Tbilisi	113–130	Rīgas ASK	51–61	62–69

1st leg: Vere Park, Tbilisi, 10 May 1960^[1]

Vere Park during that Final

2nd leg: Daugava Stadion, Rīga, 15 May 1960;Attendance:17,000^[1]

1959–60 FIBA European Champions Cup Champions
Rīgas ASK 3rd Title

Awards

FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer

• Jānis Krūmiņš ( Rīgas ASK)

References

1. Champions Cup 1959–60

External links

• 1959–60 FIBA European Champions Cup
• 1959–60 FIBA European Champions Cup
• Champions Cup 1959–60 Line-ups and Stats